Jimi Hendrix’s Birthday November 27;

Courtesy of the Criterion Collection

and The Passing of Otis Redding on December 10, 1967

By Harvey Kubernik c 20017

Record producer, and Ode Records label owner Lou Adler, and songwriter John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas produced The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-17-18, 1967, held in Monterey, California.

Thirty-two acts from the U.S. and England representing contemporary pop, rock, soul, psychedelia, folk, blues, and world beat were booked.